Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 31,  2026

Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 31,  2026

These are currently just some of the proposed bills, this is not a complete list.  You can find the current complete list at https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislation/Pages/default.aspx

I will update the list throughout the term. Also, I will also update the Bills listed.  Some of the proposed bills are descriptions of the Bill, so please look the webpage listed above to see the actually terminology, as I have pulled descriptions from various sources.

The list will be added to during the legislative session.  You can call your legislators and leave a message at the Legislative Message ​​​Line at 1-800-372-7181.

If something is labeled as “Emergency”, it means if it becomes the Law, it goes into effect immediately.  While I have been updated the Bills for years, and generally do not comment on them, there are some statements have pulled from other sources, as many times a Bill may read one way, but the impact is completely different.

This year is a “long session” which means that the legislators meet for 45 days this year (unless a special session is called). 

The session goes through April 15, 2026. Due to the construction at the Capital, the public cannot attend in person, as they have always been able to before, and no rallies in the Rotunda this year.

HB=House Bill SB=Senate Bill

There are 183 Senate Bills and 532 House Bills proposed as of today

If you haven’t read the proposed Bills before, you should know that in some cases the name of the Bill has no relation to what the Bill would actually do. For example, some of the Bills labeled as “parental rights” actually would override what the parent wants if it is contrary to the language of the Bill. 

Also, as some of the terminology isn’t clear, so some of the proposed Bills have descriptions with them, from various sources.

Shorthand for bills:

HB 123 Ban the Box

HB 484, HB 460,  HB 418, HB 64, SB 89, Grandparent’s rights,  child custody and matters like putting a tracking device IN your child ,

HB 481 HB 154, 399,  sex offenders and child abuse

Hb 127 ID for those coming out of jail

Hb 440, 357 jury pay and teaching being excused during school year

HB 511, 479, 478 Hate crimes (one that wants in include political parties)

HB 414, HB 327, HB 76 DNA taken when one charged with some crimes (before found guilty), may be held without bail pretrial (before found guilty), one can be held in custody until they can prove they are a citizen (think traffic stop)

HB 373, SB 83, HB 338 expungement for victims of human trafficking and evictions

HB 342 employer can’t contact you when you are off-work

HB 334 Sex Re-Definition Bill

HB 312 Carry concealing at 18 years of age (flying through the House and Senate)

HB 117 Crown Ac

HB 112 Act making slavery a crime in KY

HB 84 Part of it allows militia to act without being held responsible

SB 10 Limiting the Governor’s pardon power (flying through the House and Senate)

SB 14 Maternity Leave

SB 24 If you don’t pay a ticket, they can deregister your car

SB 26 ANTI DEI in schools

SB 63 protection for student journalists

HB 103, SB 55 taking fluoride out of water systems

SB 114 Mayor picks head of school systems

SB 88 can’t cut off utilities when “extreme weather”

SB 86, HB 361 police, jail, etc. have to assist ICE

SB 360 Drag Criminalization

SB 72 “Healthcare Discrimination Bill”

SB 115 Fairness Bill

HB 170 ““License to Discriminate”

House Bills

HB 4  Grooming of Minors: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to establish the offense of grooming a minor; amend KRS 510.010 to define “course of conduct,” “grooming behavior,” and “sexual conduct”; amend various sections to conform; make technical corrections.

01/28/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
01/29/26	2nd reading, to Rules

HB 7 School Bus Safety: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; allow the use of camera monitoring systems on school buses operated by a school district and allow the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monitoring system; establish the amount of the civil penalty; require that the revenue generated from a civil penalty be retained by the school district; allow a law enforcement agency to charge a fee of $25 from every civil penalty enforced by the law enforcement agency; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; establish defenses to a violation; establish procedures for a contest to a violation; allow for suspension of motor vehicle registration for failure to timely pay a penalty; require a school district or law enforcement agency to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a motor vehicle registration suspension within 1 business day of payment; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school or church bus to stop for the bus on a highway that is not divided by an elevated barrier or unpaved median; amend KRS 189.990 to increase the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school or church bus that is receiving or discharging passengers.

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

HB 14 AN ACT relating to the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

01/13/26: to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

HB 18  Firearm Ownership: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define “ammunition” and “firearm”; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish civil liability against a person who fails to report the loss or theft of a firearm if knowingly another person is injured by the use of the lost or stolen firearm; establish civil liability against a person who furnishes a firearm to a minor if the minor causes the injury or death of another by the use of the firearm; amend KRS 411.155 to conform.

1/13/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 24 Employment Schedules: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to give employees a good-faith estimate of the employee’s work schedule, maintain a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, post weekly schedules at least seven days in advance, and provide certain rest periods for employees from being scheduled; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations.

1/13/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 26: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS: Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers’ compensation, to expand the definition of “injury” to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers’ compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury.

1/13/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 29 LEAVE FROM EMPLOYMENT: Amend KRS 337.415 to define “crime,” “immediate family,” and “victim”; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the prosecution of the crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, or failure to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations by an employer.

1/13/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 30 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Amend KRS 431.073 and 431.078 to provide for expungement of offenses which were charged but later dismissed or amended; make technical corrections; amend KRS 532.080 to state that the enhancement of a sentence as a persistent felony offender does not alter the felony classification of offenses.

1/13/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 33 DATA PRIVACY Amend KRS 367.3611 to define “automated-decision system,” “base price,” “individualized data,” and “surveillance pricing”; amend KRS 367.3617 to prohibit any controller under the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act from engaging in surveillance pricing, or offering, setting, or displaying a price for a good or service to a consumer using an automated-decision system that is based, in whole or in part, on individualized data; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Price Fairness Act.

1/13/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

HB 34 DEATH BENEFITS

Amend KRS 61.315 to include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits; make a technical correction.

01/27/26	3rd reading, passed 92-0
01/28/26	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

HB 36 RESPIRATORY CARE  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; designate home state licensure for active military members; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission; create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the commission to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

HB 55 RIGHTS OF PARENTS Create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to define “child” and “parent”; establish specific fundamental rights of parents relating to care, custody, and control of their children, including the right and duty to make decisions regarding a child’s use of cellular phones; provide a cause of action against the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions for violations of a parent’s fundamental rights.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

HB 58 PRIVACY PROTECTION Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; restrict use of automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; provide that captured license plate data may be retained longer than 90 days only if it is being used in a criminal or insurance investigation or has become subject to a preservation of evidence notification; require law enforcement agencies to adopt and make public a written policy governing use of automated license plate readers; provide that any recorded images or data captured by an automated license plate reader may be made available to the National Insurance Crime Bureau or its successor organization; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for installation of automated license plate readers on highway rights-of-way and to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalty for violation.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 62 UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 434 to define “unauthorized alien”; establish the crime of unlawful employment as a Class A misdemeanor.  Which is means an employer could be fined for employing anyone who is an “unauthorized alien” and that term will have to be defined legally.

1/20/2026 – (H) reassigned to committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 63 PRIVACY PROTECTION Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms, establish limitations on disseminating “deep fakes,” and specify exceptions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unlawful dissemination of a deep fake; create a new section of KRS Chapter 519 to establish a criminal penalty for illegally disseminating a deep fake.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 64 IDENTIFICATION DEVICES :

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; establish limitations on the introduction of identification devices on or within the human body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for introduction of an identification device; amend KRS 508.152, relating to the unlawful use of tracking devices, to include the installation of a tracking device on the person or property of another without their consent and exempt parental tracking of minors from the prohibition. (So, you could put a tracking device in your child ?)

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 65 WEIGHT LIMITS ON STATE ROADS Amend KRS 189.2226, regarding overweight allowances for hauling of building materials for homes, to require any builder of 10 or more homes in a 1 mile radius to apply for a permit before the person may operate under the exemptions; require all persons applying for a permit issued under this section to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Transportation Cabinet; allow the Transportation Cabinet to require a bond as part of the cooperative agreement; require funds collected under a cooperative agreement to be used for maintenance of state roads covered under the cooperative agreement.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

1/7/2026 – Introduced

HB 73  INTEREST ON MEDICAL DEBT: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 360 to define “medical debt”; establish a maximum interest rate of three percent on medical debt; amend KRS 360.020 to expand the civil penalty for excessive interest on medical debt; amend KRS 360.040 to establish a maximum interest rate of three percent on judgments rendered in an action to collect medical debt; make technical amendments; amend KRS 216B.250 to conform.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

HB 76 PRETRIAL RELEASE:

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define terms; provide that a person shall not be eligible for pretrial release until he or she can provide proof of citizenship or that he or she is lawfully permitted to be in the United States; provide that a person shall not be held for longer than 48 hours due to his or her inability to provide proof of citizenship or permission to be in the United States; require a law enforcement agency, jail, or regional jail that has custody of a person who cannot provide proof of citizenship or that he or she is lawfully permitted to be in the United States to immediately notify the United States Department of Homeland Security to determine if the person is a citizen, lawfully permitted to be in the United States, or subject to a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer; provide that the lack of proof of citizenship or permission to be in the United States shall be considered when completing a pretrial risk assessment.  (Which also means one would have to have proof of citizenship on them, which we are not required to do.)

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 77 EX PARTE ORDERS: Create a new section of KRS 237.060 to 237.090 to prohibit ex parte orders that restrict the ability of a person to possess firearms and ammunition, firearm accessories, holsters, or firearm storage devices; amend KRS 403.730 and KRS 456.040 to prohibit emergency protective orders and temporary interpersonal protective orders that restrict the ability of a person to possess firearms and ammunition, firearm accessories, holsters, or firearm storage devices; provide that the Act may be cited as the Red Flag Repeal Act of 2026.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 78 FIREARM LIABILITY PROTECTIONS :  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; establish liability protections for manufacturers and sellers of firearms against specified legal actions arising from criminal or unlawful use of firearms or ammunition; establish criteria for proceedings including timelines and burden of proof; establish a civil cause of action for violation of the extended protections for manufacturers and sellers and delineate available damages; provide the Attorney General with enforcement authority; provide that the Act may be cited as the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms (PLCAA) Clarification Act of 2026; EMERGENCY.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 80 FEDERAL FIREARM RESTRICTIONS: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to declare legislative intent; define “federal firearm restriction”; provide that if a federal firearm restriction is repealed or declared unconstitutional, the Commonwealth shall not enact or enforce a law, rule, or regulation that mirrors, replaces, or imposes a restriction similar to that federal firearm restriction; prohibit prosecutions, fines, or other penalties for activities that were regulated or prohibited by a federal firearm restriction that is repealed or declared unconstitutional; prohibit specified persons and organizations from enforcing repealed or unconstitutional federal firearm restrictions; create a civil cause of action against a person or organization that violates the prohibitions; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity; provide penalties for any person who violates the prohibition on enforcing a repealed or unconstitutional federal firearm restriction; allow manufacturers of firearms or federally licensed firearms dealers to manufacture, sell, or possess firearms and accessories no longer restricted under federal law.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 83 OPEN MEETINGS:  Amend KRS 61.848 to establish that any formal action of a public agency is voidable by a court if there was not substantial compliance with statutes regarding video teleconferencing of meetings, recording of minutes, and conditions for attendance.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

HB 84 LEGAL LIABILITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Amend KRS 411.100, relating to a city’s liability for damage done during the course of a riot, to provide that any form of local government shall be liable for damage done during the course of a riot if they could have prevented the damage. (This can be used to allow the Federal Government to come in and take over if the Federal Government doesn’t think that our Local/Statement Government is doing “enough”, it also allows a militia to act and not be found responsible).

01/30/26: 3rd reading, passed 89-6 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)

HB 92 DIETICIANS: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize licensure privilege and establish requirements; set requirements for transferring a home state license; designate home state licensure for active members of the military; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish a joint government agency, create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the government agency to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

HB 102 MISCONDUCT IN SCHOOLS:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define “abusive conduct”; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any disciplinary actions in the previous 12 months relating to abusive conduct and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic schools and public school districts to disclose any disciplinary actions related to abusive conduct of applicants; provide immunity for disclosures made about school employee conduct; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board (ESPB); require schools and EPSB to provide the records; require requests for information to be satisfied in 10 working days; require EPSB to create and implement procedures for information requests; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee’s personnel file unless the allegation is proven false; provide that certain requirements apply to public charter schools; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; make technical corrections; amend KRS 160.151 to define “certified nonpublic school”; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to submit to a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every 5 years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a certified nonpublic school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; make technical corrections; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships for employees to undergo every 5 years; make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.151 to conform; require that an allegation of abusive conduct be reported pursuant to KRS 620.030; amend KRS 158.4431, 156.492, and 158.200 to conform.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

HB 103  WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAMS:  Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies; provide that a governing body, a member or employee of a governing body, or any public or private entity that may be held liable for the actions of a governing body that makes any decision regarding its participation in an optional water fluoridation program shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for acts carried out reasonably and in good faith regarding its decision of whether to participate in the water fluoridation program. (To get rid of fluoride in our water.)

	01/28/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
	01/29/26	2nd reading, to Rules

HB 109 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE:  Amend KRS 403.044 to establish that the 60-day waiting period for the presentation of testimony in a divorce proceeding involving minor children shall not apply where the parties have completed the collaborative law process or family mediation that has resulted in a final agreement that is filed with the court.

1/20/2026 – (H) reassigned to committee House Families & Children (H)

HB 110  ADOPTION: Amend KRS 199.470 to prohibit an unmarried couple from jointly adopting any child; amend KRS 199.520 to provide that an adoption of a child shall not terminate the legal relationship between the adopted child and the biological parent when the adopting parent is the legally married spouse of the biological parent. 

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

HB 112 AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.

01/14/26: to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

HB 113 GUN SAFETY FOR CHILDREN: Amend KRS 527.010, relating to firearms, to define “securely locked container” and make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime as recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; provide that an affirmative defense exists if a minor obtained the firearm through the minor’s unlawful entry; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 116 FIREARMS : Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define “assault weapon,” “large capacity ammunition feeding device,” and “seller of ammunition”; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2027; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to establish the offense of criminal purchase or transfer of a weapon as a Class D felony; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate’s inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing a firearm; amend KRS 456.050 to require judges, when issuing an interpersonal protective order, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing a firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant’s firearms; amend KRS 506.080 to add that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served consecutively to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include postsecondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person’s firearms; amend KRS 65.1591, 237.104, 237.115, and 532.025 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870, relating to the prohibition of local firearm control ordinances; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 117 DISRIMINATORY PRACTICES:  Amend KRS 344.010 to define “protective hairstyle” and “race”; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

HB 123 CRIMINAL HISTORY OF JOB APPLICANTS, “Aka Ban the Box”

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 125 FIREARMS POSSESSION BY DOMESTIC ABUSERS: Amend KRS 527.010 to define “domestic abuse offense,” “domestic violence protective order,” and “physical force”; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; require the surrender of firearm by individuals subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective order of the firearm possession prohibition.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 127  OFFENDER RE-ENTRY: Amend KRS 186.417 to require that felony offenders released from county jails and local correctional facilities be issued personal identification cards or operator’s licenses under certain conditions.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 154 CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE: Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 168  BOATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

1/23/2026 – (H) recommitted to committee House Judiciary (H)

1/23/2026 – (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

HB 170 “AN ACT relating to restoring religious liberty.” Amend KRS 446.350 to define terms; outline appropriate relief if a government substantially burdens a person’s sincerely held religious belief; apply to laws adopted before or after the effective date; include severability clause; waive sovereign and governmental immunity.  (This will allow anyone to be discriminated against for any reason as long as they are “ sincerely held religious beliefs. Aka ““License to Discriminate”)

01/14/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 174  CHILD MARRIAGE: Amend KRS 402.020 to prohibit marriage with a person under 18 years of age; exclude from being prohibited and void, marriages entered into in the Commonwealth before the effective date of this Act if both parties are 18 or older and marriages entered into in another state or country if both parties are 18 at time residency is established; amend KRS 402.030 to require courts to declare any marriage void if a person is under 18 years of age at the time of the petition; amend KRS 402.080 and 402.210 to prohibit the issuance of marriage licenses to persons under 18 years of age; repeal KRS 402.205.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

HB 199 AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis.: This would allow anyone 21 years of age or older and allow of 5 plants (for personal use)

01/14/26: to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

HB 211 PEACE OFFICERS: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; impose a duty on peace officers to intervene to prevent or stop another officer from using physical force that will cause unlawful serious physical injury, death, or deprivation of civil rights; impose a duty to provide or obtain emergency medical assistance; require reporting of intervention; provide administrative and legal protections; amend KRS 15.330 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to prescribe minimum standards for use of force by officer, an officer’s duty to intervene, and reporting of police officer misconduct; amend KRS 413.115 to require that an action for retaliatory personnel actions to be commenced within 3 years.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 223 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: Amend KRS 186.763 to prohibit a school district from operating a fully autonomous vehicle as a school bus or for transporting students; prohibit the operation of a fully autonomous vehicle if that vehicle requires an operator with a commercial driver’s license; amend KRS 281.764 to conform.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

HB 227 ADDICTIVE ONLINE PLATFORMS:  Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish requirements to protect minors from AI companion platforms and social media platforms using addictive features and predatory data collection; define terms; require AI companion platforms and social media platforms to refine their age verification for users; prohibit AI companion platforms or social media platforms from maintaining accounts for children without verifiable parental consent; create a private right of action for violations by AI companion platforms or social media platforms; authorize the Attorney General to enforce violations.

1/14/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

HB 231 REPORTING MEDICAL DEBT: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit a health care professional from furnishing medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; require a contract between a health care professional and collection entity to include a provision prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; provide that medical debt that is reported in violation of the section is void and unenforceable; make a violation of the section an unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice in violation of KRS 367.170; establish remedies for a violation of the section; provide that section shall not be construed to limit or restrict any powers, duties, remedies, or penalties available; direct that provisions apply to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

1/15/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

HB 232 PROTECTION OF MINORS:  Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit social media platforms from providing minors an addictive feed and sending push notifications to minors between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. without permission from a parent or legal guardian; require social media platforms to determine a user’s age upon account creation and establish guidelines for handling the information; require social media platforms to develop and implement a proactive strategy to prevent a minor from exposure to harmful material; grant enforcement power to the Office of the Attorney General and provide a private right of action to parents and legal guardians; provide that the Act may be cited as the Youth Online Safety Act, include severability clause. EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

1/15/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

HB 255 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to allow evidence relevant to sentencing to be introduced by the Commonwealth and evidence in mitigation or support of leniency to be introduced by the defendant during sentencing hearings in non-felony cases.

1/15/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 256 CRIMINAL PROCEDURES:  Amend KRS 23A.080 to allow appeals to be taken to the Circuit Court by the state in criminal cases from an adverse decision or ruling of the District Court.  (So if someone was found non-guilty, the State can appeal it?  As most other things, like decisions, are already able to be appealed.)

1/15/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 300 CONTRACTORS: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; establish licensing for contractors under the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; prohibit any persons not licensed by the department from holding himself or herself out as a contractor; allow the department to issue contractor licenses, promulgate administrative regulations, and implement disciplinary actions; establish applicant requirements and fee limitations; provide for injunctive relief; create the contractors fund; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; direct that a person may cancel a real estate goods and services contract within 5 business days; establish additional items a contractor must furnish a person prior to entering into a real estate goods or services contract with a person; prohibit additional practices by contractors; provide that this Act applies to contracts entered on or after the effective date of this Act.

1/16/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

HB 305 GRAND JURY SERVICE: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to establish that a person present at any part of a grand jury proceeding shall not knowingly record the proceeding or disclose any information gathered while present during a proceeding; amend KRS 29A.990 to establish the penalty for knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding as a Class A misdemeanor unless the person is a public servant as defined in KRS 519.010, in which case it is a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.050 to provide that a misdemeanor violation of knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding shall be prosecuted within 10 years after the act is committed.

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 308 SEX CRIMES: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide that any person who has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or entered an Alford plea to a sex crime in which the victim was under the age of 12 shall undergo medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment; provide that treatment shall begin no later than one month before the person is released from custody; provide that treatment shall continue until the person is released from probation, parole, or post incarceration supervision; provide that the person shall be evaluated by a licensed physician prior to treatment to determine if the person is an appropriate candidate for treatment; provide that the Department of Corrections shall administer the treatment; authorize the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirements. (chemical castration)

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 312 AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons. House Republicans passed HB 312, a bill that allows 18–20-year-olds to obtain a concealed carry permit.

01/23/26	3rd reading, passed 73-17
01/27/26	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

HB 318 PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NAME, VOICE, AND LIKENESS:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define terms; establish property rights in every individual’s name, voice, and likeness; establish how the property rights may be transferred or terminated; establish a civil cause of action and damages for unauthorized use of an individual’s name, voice, or likeness; provide exceptions; require that an action commence within 4 years of discovery of the violation.

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 319 LANDOWNERS AND TENANTS: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to establish a civil cause of action for a tenant against a landlord who receives a citation for a violation of a local housing code and does not remedy the violation within 90 days; provide that if the cost of the repair exceeds 12 months’ rent, the landlord may refund rent and obtain possession of the property within 30 days; establish procedure for determining cost of repair; specify recoverable damages; establish procedure for maintaining a forcible detainer action during the pendency of the tenant’s civil action; require rent due during pendency of civil action to be paid into court; declare a waiver of rights to be unenforceable; provide that the Act may be cited as the Make Our Landlords Diligent (M.O.L.D) Act.

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 320: PROMOTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING:  Amend KRS 529.110 to enhance the penalty for promoting human trafficking to a Class B felony unless the victim is a minor, in which case it is a Class A felony.

	01/28/26	3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Amendment (1-title)
	01/29/26	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

HB 327 PRETRIAL RELEASE  Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail may be imposed; amend various other sections to conform; repeal KRS 431.021, relating to guaranteed arrest bond certificates. (The bonds are set now related to the charges etc. and their history.   As this is pre-trial, the person is presumed to be innocent, and this would take that away.)

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 328 CHILD-CARE CENTERS: Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

HB 330 : JURISDICTION OF CONTRACTOR DISPUTES: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish exclusive jurisdiction for contractor dispute actions involving real property located in this state.

1/20/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 334  AN ACT relating to sex-based classifications.” Sex Re-Definition Bill”

01/21/26: to State Government (H)

HB 335 CHOKING PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define “anti-choking device”; require school cafeteria personnel and other expected users of the device to be trained if a school obtains an anti-choking device; provide immunity from civil liability for rendering emergency care or treatment with an anti-choking device or the Heimlich maneuver at a public or private school; provide that the Act may be cited as Landon’s Law.

1/21/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)

HB 338 FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER:  Create new sections of KRS 383.200 to 383.285 to provide for expungement of records in eviction proceedings that are dismissed; prohibit minors from being named in an action for forcible detainer unless the minor is a leaseholder; provide for expungement of a minor’s name from an order; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records; amend KRS 367.310 to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from maintaining information in their files relating to dismissed eviction actions; provide that the expungement of dismissed eviction actions applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of the Act.

1/21/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 341 LABOR STANDARDS : Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require every employer to establish a workplace policy that provides employees the right to disconnect from communications from the employer during nonworking hours; provide exceptions; amend KRS 337.990 to provide a penalty for violation of the lunch period requirements in KRS 337.355 and for violation by an employer of a right to disconnect workplace policy.

1/21/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 357 JURY DUTY: Amend KRS 29A.100 to require judges to excuse teachers from jury duty until the end of the school term if the Commonwealth is experiencing a teacher shortage.

1/21/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 360  AN ACT relating to adult performances and declaring an emergency. (Drag Criminalization)

01/21/26

to Judiciary (H)

HB 361 SANCTUARY POLICIES: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit state and local governmental entities from adopting sanctuary policies; require law enforcement agencies to use reasonable resources to support the enforcement of federal immigration law; prohibit policies which would restrict the sharing of information with federal immigration agencies; require compliance with federal requirements when a defendant subject to an immigration detainer has been sentenced in a criminal case; require correctional facilities to provide information regarding the date of discharge to federal immigration agencies and cooperate in the transfer of an inmate to federal custody; require completion of a sentence before an inmate may be transferred to federal custody in cases where the inmate is a violent offender; require a law enforcement agency to provide notice to a judge if a person in their custody is subject to an immigration detainer; require counties to endeavor to enter into agreements with federal immigration agencies regarding the housing of persons in county jails who are subject to immigration detainers; create a rebuttable presumption that a state or local officer who intentionally violates any of the provisions of the Act has committed malfeasance and neglect of duty and is subject to impeachment; allow the Attorney General to make findings that a local government has violated the Act; and to withhold road aid funding if the local government willfully violates the Act by refusing to cease a violation; create a private right of action against an official that has adopted a sanctuary policy; waive immunities when a person is injured by a person released as a result of a sanctuary policy; amend KRS 177.360 and 177.366 to require transfer of road aid moneys to be suspended upon notice by the Attorney General of willful violations by a local government and reinstated upon notice by the Attorney General of compliance; provide that the Act may be cited as the Lawful Immigration System Act of 2026.  (While labeled as “sanctuary polices” it is actually to stop one from offering sanctuary to someone else.)

1/21/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 366 : MATTER PORTRAYING SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A MINOR:  Amend KRS 531.335, relating to possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, to provide that the sexual performance may be by a computer-generated image of a minor; provide that any person convicted of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor shall not be released on probation or parole without serving 85% of the sentence imposed.

	01/28/26	3rd reading, passed 95-0
	01/29/26	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)

HB 373 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING:  Amend KRS 529.160 to allow a person charged with or convicted of certain offenses to petition the court in which the charges were filed to vacate the judgment of conviction, expunge all records of the offense, or both, when the person’s participation in the offense is determined to be the result of being a victim of human trafficking; restore voting rights to a person whose felony conviction is vacated; RETROACTIVE.

1/22/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 399 AN ACT relating to sexual offenses against children: Amend KRS 510.040, 510.070, and 510.110 to provide that rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree shall be capital offenses when the victim is under 12 years old; amend KRS 532.025 to conform.

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

HB 402 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 403 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION:  Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee’s body.

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 404 EMPLOYMENT: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit all employers of 75 or more employees from demoting, dismissing, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee who misses work because of duties related to being a candidate, member-elect, or member of the General Assembly or legislative body of certain local governments; require an employer to grant a leave of absence if the employee requests it, not to exceed 3 terms for a member of the House of Representatives, or 2 terms for a member of the Senate or a member of a specified legislative body of a local government; amend KRS 336.990 to provide a penalty for employers who violate Section 1 of the Act.

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

HB 414 BOOKING PROCEDURES IN LOCAL JAILS: Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; define “rapid DNA instruments”; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; allow for collection of a second DNA sample by approved local governments to be processed via rapid DNA instruments; amend KRS 17.175 to provide that a person may request expungement of the record of his or her DNA in certain enumerated circumstances; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected. (So a person is arrested, not found guilty, arrested, they have to turn over their DNA, if this bill passes.)

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

HB 418 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to prohibit the removal from custody or the reduction in parenting time of a party solely for improvement of relationship between the child and the other party where the court has made a finding of domestic violence or abuse; require the court to make considerations of scientific validity prior to ordering therapy for reunification; require orders remediating the resistance of a child to contact with a violent or abusive parent to primarily address the behavior of that parent; amend KRS 403.270 to require a court to consider allegations of domestic violence or abuse and make written findings on the record prior to consideration of other factors relevant to determination of custody; add malicious false allegations of child abuse as a factor to be considered in custody determinations; amend KRS 403.290 to require paid visitation supervisors and parenting coordinators in custody proceedings to receive specialized training; amend KRS 403.315 to provide for a rebuttable presumption that joint custody and shared equal parenting time are not in the best interests of the child where the court finds that a party has committed 2 or more acts of domestic violence or abuse against another party; require a parent found to have committed 2 or more acts of domestic violence or abuse against another party to undergo counseling or treatment prior to being awarded custody of a child; amend KRS 403.727 to require guardians ad litem to receive specialized training for proceedings involving petitions for orders of protection for minors; allow victim advocates to attend evidentiary hearings in orders of protection proceedings involving minors; amend KRS 456.035 to require guardians ad litem to receive specialized training for proceedings involving interpersonal orders of protection for minors; allow victim advocates to attend evidentiary hearings on interpersonal orders of protection proceedings involving minors.

1/23/2026 – (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

HB 422 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS:  Amend KRS 439.3401 to provide that a violent offender who has received a life sentence and has not been sentenced to 35 years without probation or parole or imprisonment for life without the benefit of probation or parole shall not be released on probation or parole until he or she has served at least 30 years; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit a person who has been convicted of a Class B felony or a person who is a violent offender who has been unanimously denied discretionary parole from qualifying for mandatory reentry supervisions; provide that the Department of Corrections shall provide an annual report on the results of the mandatory reentry supervision program to the Legislative Research Commission by February 1 of each year; amend KRS 504.150 to require a treating professional for a defendant who has received a sentence of guilty but mentally ill to file a petition for involuntary hospitalization under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B; amend KRS 532.025 to provide that if a defendant has been found guilty of intentional murder, the jury or court does not have to find any aggravating circumstance to sentence a defendant to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole or imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 35 years; amend KRS 532.030 to enhance the sentence of imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 25 years to 35 years; amend KRS 532.110 to provide that sentences of a defendant convicted of 2 or more capital offenses, Class A felonies, Class B felonies, or a combination of those offenses or 2 or more violent offenses involving 2 or more victims shall run consecutively; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 504.020 and 504.030; provide that the Act may be cited as Logan’s Law.

01/27/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 425 MOTOR VEHICLE RACING:  Amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including increased fines, vehicle impoudment for up to 6 months for the first offense, and vehicle forfeiture for the second or subsequent offense; amend KRS 500.090 to provide that the proceeds from any public auction of a vehicle that has been forfeited for a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 be transferred to the Crime Victims Compensation Board.

01/27/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 433 BIRTH CERTIFICATES:  Amend KRS 199.570 to allow the names of adopted parents and deceased biological parents to appear on a new birth certificate issued upon adoption if it is requested by the court, adopted parents, or adopted child; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a birth certificate form that complies with this section through the promulgation of administrative regulations.

01/28/26: to Families & Children (H)

HB 434 POSTHUMOUS NAME CHANGES:  Amend KRS 401.010 to allow a family member of a deceased person to posthumously change the deceased person’s name if the name is the result of marriage to a person arrested for or charged with committing an offense intentionally, knowingly, or wantonly, which resulted in the death of the deceased; provide that the order of priority of family members is the same as in KRS 367.93117.

01/28/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 440  COURT OF JUSTICE:  Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay from $5 per day to $15 per day and require that sequestered jurors be paid an additional $15 per day; amend KRS 32.011 to add local governmental units that may provide financial support for the court system and the offices of Commonwealth’s attorneys serving that local community.

01/28/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 442 PRIVACY FOR ATTORNEYS: Amend KRS 61.7991 to add state and federal prosecutors and public defenders to the definition of “covered person”; authorize standing for a civil action for injunctive or declaratory relief for unauthorized disclosure; provide that the removal of information does not apply to financial disclosures required under KRS Chapter 61.

01/28/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 443 SEX CRIMES:  Amend KRS 510.060, relating to rape in the third degree, to prohibit a school employee from engaging in sexual intercourse with a student enrolled in an elementary or secondary school with whom he or she comes into contact with as a result of that employment; amend KRS 510.090, relating to sodomy in the third degree, to prohibit a school employee from engaging in deviate sexual intercourse with a student enrolled in an elementary or secondary school with whom he or she comes into contact with as a result of that employment; amend KRS 510.110, relating to sexual abuse in the first degree, to prohibit a school employee from subjecting a student to sexual contact, engaging in masturbation in the student’s presence, or engaging in masturbation while using the internet, telephone, or other electronic communication with a student who can see or hear the school employee masturbate; amend KRS 510.010 to define “school employee”; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform and make technical corrections.

01/28/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 449 MISSCLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide a remedy for employees misclassified as independent contractors; amend KRS 337.010 to define “independent contractor” and “misclassified”; repeal KRS 336.137, relating to marketplace contractors.

01/29/26: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB 460 CUSTODY: Amend KRS 403.270, 403.280, 403.315, and 403.340 to remove the presumption in favor of joint custody and equal parenting time; amend KRS 403.320 to conform.

01/29/26: to Families & Children (H)

HB 464 ALTERNATIVE SENTENCES: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to define terms; require the court, upon conviction of the defendant, to consider the defendant’s status as a caretaker of a dependent child; provide that a court’s determination of a defendant’s status as a caretaker of a dependent child shall not be admissible as evidence or be determinative in any subsequent proceeding; provide that the defendant shall have the right to present an alternative sentencing plan and a family impact statement to the court; provide that in issuing an alternative sentence, the court may require the defendant to participate in programs and services that support the parent-child relationship; provide that the court may modify or revoke the alternative sentence and commit the defendant to an institution if the defendant fails to adhere to or complete the conditions of an alternative sentence; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that a court determining whether to impose an alternative sentence for a defendant who is a caretaker of a dependent child has access to court records under KRS Chapter 600 to 645; provide that the Act may be cited as the Family Preservation and Accountability Act.

01/29/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 468 CIVIL RIGHTS:  Create a new section of KRS 344.010 to 344.025 to define terms; set standards for determinations of impairments; amend KRS 344.010 to define “major life activities,” “regarded as having such an impairment,” and “transitory impairment”; amend KRS 344.020 to provide for execution of the policies embodied in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.030 to provide that “qualified individual with a disability” is to be interpreted consistently with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.190 to remove the adjudicative powers of the Human Rights Commission regarding matters related to employment and public accommodations; amend KRS 344.200 to provide that an aggrieved individual may file a civil action for a discriminatory practice other than a housing practice without first filing a complaint with the Human Rights Commission; require a probable cause determination on a complaint to be made within 30 days of the commission’s receipt of the respondent’s response or the expiry of the time for a response, whichever is later; require orders dismissing complaints with the commission to be made without prejudice; allow an aggrieved individual to file a civil action for the same grievance while a complaint is either pending with or has been dismissed by the Human Rights Commission; provide that the filing of a complaint before the commission does not toll the statute of limitations for the filing of a civil action; provide that the statute of limitations for an action filed by the commission on behalf of a private party who has not previously filed an action for that grievance is 3 years as provided under KRS 413.115; provide that a civil action for a grievance may only be filed by either the private party or the commission but not both; allow for a private party or the commission to intervene as a third party in a civil action filed by the other; bar the recovery of monetary damages by the commission; limit a private party’s remedies to those set out in KRS 344.450; provide that all matters of fact are to be triable by jury; allow a private party with an complaint already filed with or pending before the commission to bring a civil action for the same grievance within 1 year of the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 344.320 to eliminate adjudicative functions of local commissions; amend KRS 344.635 to allow a party to a complaint for a discriminatory housing charge with the Human Rights Commission to demand a trial by jury if a civil action is elected in lieu of administrative hearing; repeal KRS 344.210, 344.230, 344.240, 344.270, and 344.340 related to adjudicative functions of the Human Rights Commission; amend KRS 344.660 and 344.675 to conform.

01/30/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 478 HATE CRIMES:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes if the defendant intentionally committed the offense because of a person’s actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the offense of using hate symbols to intimidate; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.03, relating to hate crimes.

01/30/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 479 HATE CRIMES: Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define “gender identity or expression”; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add a requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit a civil action where the victim of a hate crime suffers damages regardless of the outcome of any criminal proceeding; establish recovery for the victim; amend KRS 17.1523 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; amend KRS 15.440 to require that a unit of government shall possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes in order to receive funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; repeal KRS 49.320, relating to victim of hate crime deemed victim of criminally injurious conduct.

1/30/26: to Judiciary (H)

HB 481 SEX OFFENDERS: Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registrant from residing within 3,000 feet of a high school, middle school, elementary school, preschool, publicly owned or leased playground, or licensed day care facility; provide that the 3,000 feet restriction applies to any person who becomes a registrant after the effective date of the Act.

01/23/26: to Committee on Committees (H)

HB 484 DOMESTIC RELATIONS: Amend KRS 403.240 to establish additional periods of visitation or parenting time when visitation or parenting time has been denied without good cause or temporarily suspended based upon an unsubstantiated allegation of abuse or neglect; provide that the Act may be cited as the Time Taken Back Act.

01/23/26: to Committee on Committees (H)

HB 507 Adoption : Amend KRS 199.575 to insert gender-neutral language.

1/28/2026 – Introduced

HB 511 Hate Crimes : Amend KRS 532.031, relating to hate crimes, to include offenses committed against an individual because of political creed; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform.

1/28/2026 – Introduced

Senate Bills

SB 10 AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 77 and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor’s ability to grant pardons and commute sentences.

01/20/26	3rd reading, passed 36-0-1
01/21/26	received in House

SB 14 PAID MATERNITY LEAVE: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define “full-time position” and “qualifying employee”; permit a qualifying employee paid leave of absence of up to 30 days for the birth of a child; require leave of more than 1 child during a singular pregnancy to be taken concurrently; require the employee to use the leave within one year of the child’s birth; require the employee to use the leave as a continuous 30-day block or as a 20-day block with the remainder to be used intermittently as full days; require the employee to request advance approval before using the leave; require the employee to use the paid leave before other types of accrued leave; require compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act; specify that any other type of leave not specified does not qualify for paid maternity leave; prohibit an employee from converting the unused balance of paid maternity leave to other types of paid leave, benefits, or compensation; require any administrative regulation in conflict with this Act to be amended, withdrawn, or repealed within 90 days of the effective date of the Act.

01/06/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 17 CASA NETWORK: Amend KRS 620.500 to add the Kentucky CASA Network to the definition of “association”; amend KRS 620.505 to decrease the minimum number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12; remove the provision that local CASA programs are required to comply with National CASA Association Standards for programs make technical corrections; remove “cabinet” and replace with “the Department for Community Based Services” relating to employees who are prohibited from becoming volunteers or employees of the court-appointed special advocate program; amend KRS 620.537 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 620.055 to conform.

	01/27/26	3rd reading, passed with 33-0 Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
	01/28/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)

SB 24 TRAFFIC CONTROL:  Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define “agency,” “owner,” “recorded images,” and “traffic control signal monitoring system”; establish a civil penalty of $50 if a motor vehicle is recorded failing to obey the instructions of a traffic control device; set forth forms and procedures; outline defenses for citations for failing to obey a traffic control device; mandate that the Transportation Cabinet shall suspend the registration of the motor vehicle when a person refuses to pay the civil penalty and does not appear to contest the citation; mandate that civil penalties shall not result in points against the driving record of the operator of the motor vehicle in violation; amend KRS 189.231 and 189.990 to conform.

01/06/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 26 DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; prohibit a school district, public school, or cooperative board from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual’s religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion; prohibit the department, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from soliciting statements on an applicant’s experience with or views on religion, race, sex, color, or national origin, from providing differential treatment or benefits to an individual based on the individual’s participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion training, and from disseminating or profiting from any research, work product, or material that promotes or justifies discriminatory concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion; establish exclusions; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the department, a school district, a public school or a cooperative board to comply; create a cause of action to permit a qualified individual to file a civil action against a the department, a school district, a cooperative board, or a public school for injunctive relief arising from a violation of this Act; permit recovery of monetary damages for a willful and intentional violation; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity; prohibit retaliation; require each public school district and cooperative board to provide the State Treasurer the name, job title, duty station, and compensation information of each employee of the school district or cooperative board each month for publication; amend KRS 161.030 to require certain certification applicants to complete an approved professional development program on Kentucky education law; amend KRS 158.4416 and 158.4414 to conform; amend KRS 160.380 to remove language requiting targeted minority recruitment; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 156.500 and 161.165; require school districts and cooperative boards to follow designated procedures when implementing this Act including termination or transfer of certain employees; require the Kentucky Department of Education to eliminate the Division of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and follow designated procedures when implementing this Act including termination or transfer of certain employees; EFFECTIVE, in part, February 1, 2027; EMERGENCY. (Anti-DEI in K-12 Schools)

01/06/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 28 OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE: Repeal and reenact KRS 189.292 to define “mobile electronic device”; prohibit the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; establish exceptions; amend KRS 189.294 to define “mobile electronic device”; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for violation of KRS 189.292 and 189.294; require that money from fines be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund, the Kentucky trauma care system fund, and the veterans’ program trust fund; provide that a courtesy warning and not a uniform citation shall be issued by a peace officer until October 31, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Phone-Down Kentucky Act.

1/21/2026 – received in House

1/20/2026 – (S) THIRD READING, passed 31-7

SB 32 STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE:  Amend KRS 369.130 to add and modify various definitions; create a new section of KRS 369.130 to 369.139 to prohibit the Commonwealth of Kentucky and governing authorities from issuing, recognizing as legal tender, accepting or requiring as payment, or participating in any test of central bank digital currency; create new sections of KRS 369.130 to 369.139 and KRS Chapter 393 to prohibit ownership of digital asset mining businesses by prohibited foreign parties; provide for enforcement by Attorney General and penalties for violation of prohibited foreign party prohibition; establish distribution of proceeds if digital asset mining business property is escheated due to a violation; amend KRS 45.345 to conform; amend KRS 42.500 to make technical corrections; permit the State Investment Commission to invest up to 10% of excess funds in bullion; prohibit State Investment Commission from investing in central bank digital currency; amend KRS 42.525 to make technical corrections; authorize the State Investment Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out and effectuate certain authorized investments; establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 and create new sections thereof to regulate virtual currency kiosks; establish definitions; provide for enforcement by the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions; establish license requirements for virtual currency kiosks; require regulatory filings to be submitted to a nationwide licensing system registry; establish initial and renewal application processes and requirements, reporting, surety bond and tangible net worth, and change of control requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish format, document submission, fee, and trade practice requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; establish record retention requirements for persons required to be licensed as virtual currency kiosk operators; establish trade practice requirements relating to protection of resident assets, virtual currency kiosk transactions, prohibited practices, and fraud and information security compliance procedures; authorize the commissioner to conduct investigations and examinations; provide for the confidentiality of certain documents provided to the commissioner; authorize the commissioner to share, disclose, and report information and take other actions to assist in the commissioner’s duties; require the commissioner to submit an annual licensing report to the Legislative Research Commission; establish due process requirements for adverse actions taken by the commissioner against licensees and other persons; establish requirements for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license; authorize the commissioner to enter cease and desist orders and emergency orders; authorize the commissioner to order civil penalties against persons that violate the subtitle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 41 to define terms; recognize gold specie and silver specie as legal tender in Kentucky; provide for use of gold specie and silver specie as legal tender; require the State Treasurer to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to designate or establish a bullion depository and authorize 1 or more electronic payment systems to facilitate electronic payment transactions; establish requirements for system participants, transaction information, and bullion deposits; require the State Treasurer to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and to implement the system within 1 year; provide that Section 32 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Transactional Gold and Silver Act; require the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to promulgate any required emergency and ordinary administrative regulations on or before January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, March 31, 2027.

01/06/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 34 TRANSFER OF PROPERTY UPON DEATH: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 391 to establish the Kentucky Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that a transfer on death deed is not an inter vivos transfer and that the transfer occurs at the time of the transferor’s death; specify that the transferor retains the power to revoke a transfer on death deed; establish that a transfer on death deed is non-testamentary; establish requirements for a transfer on death deed and specify the process of recording a transfer on death deed; specify that a transfer on death deed is effective without acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferor’s lifetime; establish provisions for the revocation of a transfer on death deed by instrument or act; establish the effect of a transfer on death deed during the transferor’s life; allow a beneficiary to disclaim the property interest in the deed; establish a form for creating at transfer on death deed; establish a form for revocation of a transfer on death deed; require the Department of Revenue to provide the established forms; specify the applicability of KRS Chapter 391; conform to federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; amend KRS 64.012 to provide the recording fee for a transfer on death deed or revocation; require the Department of Medicaid Services to prescribe and provide a form requiring information related to any Medicaid lien; provide that Sections 1 to 14 of this Act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; Amend KRS 381.280, 382.110, 382.135, 391.360, 392.020, 392.070, and 403.190 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to define terms; establish requirements for a transfer of a vehicle’s title to a named beneficiary upon the death of the owner; direct the Transportation Cabinet to develop a form for transfer; amend KRS 395.455 to dispense with administration of an estate and transfer property under certain circumstances relating to minors and payment of preferred claims.

1/23/2026 – (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

01/30/26: passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

SB 36 PARENTAGE FRAUD:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 530 to establish the crime of parentage fraud as a Class B misdemeanor.

01/07/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 47 IN THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFITS:  Amend KRS 61.315 to define “rescue squad personnel”; expand eligibility for in the line of duty death benefits to rescue squad personnel; require the Division of Emergency Management to promulgate administrative regulations establishing necessary criteria and procedures; amend KRS 164.2841 to define “rescue squad personnel”; expand eligibility for tuition and fee exemption to dependents of rescue squad personnel who died in the line of duty; amend KRS 342.316 to conform.

01/07/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 48 MANDATORY REENTRY SUPERVISION: Amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit an inmate from qualifying for mandatory reentry supervision if the inmate has previously been convicted of 2 or more offenses that would classify him or her as a violent offender under KRS 439.3401 or has been recommitted to prison for a violation of probation, shock probation, parole, or conditional discharge; require the Department of Corrections to produce an annual report on the results of the mandatory reentry supervision program by February 1 of each year.

01/30/26: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 03 2026

SB 55 WATER FLOURIDATION PROGRAMS : Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies; provide that a governing body, a member or employee of a governing body, or any public or private entity that may be held liable for the actions of a governing body that makes any decision regarding its participation in an optional water fluoridation program shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for acts carried out reasonably and in good faith regarding its decision of whether to participate in the water fluoridation program. (Taking fluoride out of our water.)

01/09/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 63 STUDENT JOURNALIST FREEDOM:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; define terms; establish additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; establish protections for student media advisors; require each local school board to adopt a written policy for time, place, and manner restrictions and for an appeals procedure; provide that student speech not be considered school speech; allow for a student journalist or student media advisor to seek injunctive relief; provide that the Act may be cited as the New Voices Act.

01/12/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 66 OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE :Amend KRS 189A.010 to expand the list of controlled substances to include clonazepam, cyclobenzaprine, and fentanyl; amend KRS 189A.105 to provide a person shall be informed at the time blood test is requested that the fact of a refusal to submit to the blood test will result in suspension of his or her driver’s license and if the person is convicted of a violation of KRS 189A.010, his or her license will be suspended; amend KRS 186.018 to require the Transportation Cabinet to destroy records of moving traffic convictions that are more than 10 years old. (There are multiple issues I can see on this, one is that is a certain blook level that makes one impaired that has been determined on these drugs, and at least one of these drugs can be used an anti-anxiety drug, not a drug that impairs driving).

1/20/2026 – (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

SB 72 RECRUITMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS:  Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY. (This bill would allow a medical provider to deny care if they don’t like how you live, who you are, the color of your skin. Also known as “Healthcare Discrimination Bill”)

01/12/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 83 FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER:  Create a new section of KRS 383.200 to 383.285 to require expungement of records in forcible detainer actions that are dismissed; allow for the expungement of the name of an unemancipated minor improperly named as a defendant in forcible detainer actions; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records; direct that the required expungement of records of dismissed actions applies to forcible detainer actions brought on or after the effective date of the Act.

01/13/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 85 SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST:  Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define “special needs trust” (SNT) for purposes of the State Police Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and County Employees Retirement System; amend the definition of “beneficiary” to include a SNT; amend KRS 16.578 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement payment if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 61.635 to allow a person who is the beneficiary of a SNT to be designated as the beneficiary of a lifetime retirement benefit; require the trustee of a SNT to notify the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) upon the death of the beneficiary of a SNT and repay any payment not properly payable to the SNT; allow KPPA to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the SNT provisions; amend KRS 61.640 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement payment if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 61.690 to allow a recipient or legal representative to direct retirement benefits to be paid to a SNT and clarify that it is not an assignment or transfer; amend KRS 78.5532 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement benefit if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 161.525, relating to the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime annuity if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 161.640 to allow checks to be sent by mail to the trustee of a SNT; require the trustee to notify the TRS upon the death of the beneficiary; require any payments not properly payable to the SNT to be repaid to TRS; allow TRS to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the SNT provisions; amend KRS 161.700 to require TRS to assign annuity payments to a SNT, issue payments to the trustee, and prevent annuity payments from being used to reimburse any state for any Medicaid benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary of a SNT; amend KRS 21.420, relating to the Judicial Retirement Plan, to allow for a SNT to be selected as a beneficiary, and define “special needs trust”; amend KRS 21.425 to allow a member to designate a SNT to receive lifetime survivorship benefits on behalf of a surviving spouse, dependent child, or disabled child.

01/13/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 86 COLLABORATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define “Jail Enforcement Model,” “Task Force Model,” and “Warrant Service Officer Model”; require local law enforcement and the Kentucky State Police to enter into agreements with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in programs established under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1357. (This overrides any State Law on this matter.)

01/13/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 88 PROTECTION FROM EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS:  Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms and require a utility to submit a disconnection plan to the Public Service Commission that prohibits the utility from suspending residential service during extreme weather conditions; make the disconnection plan available on both the commission and the utility’s website.

01/14/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 89 GRANDPARENT VISITATION:  Amend KRS 405.021 to establish factors for a court to consider in determining the visitation rights of grandparents; amend KRS 620.090 to conform; make technical changes.

01/15/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 114 AN ACT relating to education. For any school district that has 25,000 students, or more, to basically give the mayor the power to appoint the president of the school board.

01/22/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 115 CIVIL RIGHTS:  Amend KRS 344.010 to define terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky’s civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform. (Fairness Bill)

01/22/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 119 EMINENT DOMAIN: Amend KRS 416.670 to establish the right of a landowner to repurchase condemned property that was not used after the completion of a highway project.

01/27/26: to Transportation (S)

SB 122 ALTERNATIVE SENTENCES: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to define terms; require the court, upon conviction of the defendant, to consider the defendant’s status as a caretaker of a dependent child; provide that a court’s determination of a defendant’s status as a caretaker of a dependent child shall not be admissible as evidence or be determinative in any subsequent proceeding; provide that the defendant shall have the right to present an alternative sentencing plan and a family impact statement to the court; provide that in issuing an alternative sentence, the court may require the defendant to participate in programs and services that support the parent-child relationship; provide that the court may modify or revoke the alternative sentence and commit the defendant to an institution if the defendant fails to adhere to or complete the conditions of an alternative sentence; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that a court determining whether to impose an alternative sentence for a defendant who is a caretaker of a dependent child has access to court records under KRS Chapters 600 to 645; provide that the Act may be cited as the Family Preservation and Accountability Act.

01/30/26: 2nd reading, to Rules

SB 143 AN ACT relating to legislative ethics., Create a new section of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to define “sexual harassment” prohibit sexual harassment by any legislator or legislative agent to a legislator, legislative agent, or legislative branch employee.

01/30/26: to Committee on Committees (S)

SB 181 AN ACT relating to schools and declaring an emergency.:  Contact between school employees and students.

01/27/26	3rd reading, passed with 33-0 Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
01/28/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)